Vietnam PM Approves to Develop Phu Quoc Island into Tourist Venue by 2030

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a master plan of the tourism development on Phu Quoc Island by 2030 under which the island in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang will be developed into a tourist venue.

Under the plan, tourism projects located on the island will enjoy investment incentives and lots of infrastructure projects will be carried out.

Phu Quoc, the country’s largest and most populous island, spans more than 561 square kilometers including 150 kilometers of coastline and has 85,000 inhabitants.

The island is 500 kilometers southeast of Thailand, 700 kilometers east of Malaysia and 1,000 kilometers from Singapore. It is also near the southwest gateway to Cambodia’s Kep city and Sihanouk Port.

On October 5, 2004, former Prime Minister Phan Van Khai signed a decision approving the master plan on developing Phu Quoc Island in Kien Giang province with outlook until 2020.

Phu Quoc welcomed 25,000 foreign arrivals in the first quarter of 2010, up over 30% on year. The island authorities have so far granted licenses to 52 investment projects, mostly tourism ones.

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Tags: Phu Quoc Island, Vietnam Tourism

Posted by VBN on May 22 2010. Filed under Tourism. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry